Gang-machine for setting lacing-hooks.



No. 663,387. Patented Dec. 4. I900.

L. A. McGRATH.

GANG MACHINE FUR SETTING LACING HOOKS.

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GANG MACHINE FOR SETTING LAGING HOOKS.

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UNrrnn STATES ATENT FFICE.

LAWVRENCE A. MCGRATH, RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO MICHAEL F. CUNNINGHAM, OF SAME PLACE.

GANG-MACHINE FOR SETTING LACING-HOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,387, dated December 4:, 1900.

Application filed March 9, 1900. Serial No. 7,976. (No model.)

To (.tZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE A. Mc- GRATH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Randolph, county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Machines for Setting Lacing Devices, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a machine for applying lacing devices to shoes, boots, &c., and it is shown in a simple embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings arranged for setting hooks upon shoe-uppers.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a machine embodying my improvements, the section being taken in the line 1 1, Fig. 3, and looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view, the section being taken in the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine complete. Fig. 4c is a front view of the lower end of the raceway, the feed-controllers, and anvil. Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation showing the feed-controllers and adjacent parts. Fig. 6 is a detail in rear elevation, showing the means for changing the relative position of the delivery ends of the individual raceways. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the upper part of the machine, showing the hook-cup tilted to discharge its contents upon the gangraceway. Fig. 8 is an enlarged front elevation of the lower end of the raceway and the driver. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the driver and the slide sustaining the same. Fig. 10 is a transverse section of the thick portion of an individual raceway. Fig. 11 is a sectional plan view of a portion of the setting device and one of the setters or expanders thereon. Fig. 12 is an enlarged detail view showing the front of the driver and the feet of the raceways; and Fig. 13 is a section on line 00 09, Fig. 9, looking toward the front of the machine.

The framework for sustaining the different parts of the machine may be of any suitable character. It is shown including a base or bed 12, from the opposite sides of which the standards or side pieces 13 and 14 rise, said standards being braced at suitable intervals to give stability to the framing. frames receive between them at the upper rear sides of the machine a box, as 15, constituting a magazine to containa supply of lacing devices, the latter in the present instance consisting of hooks which are applied simultaneouslyin series. The floor 16 of the box or magazine 15 is inclined so that the hooks contained therein can gravitate into a traveling receptacle, which elevates them and discharges them in lots upon the raceway, along which they can travel to the setting mechanism.

The side walls of the box or magazine 15 project rearward beyond the floor and have guideways to receive a slide, as 17, adapted to close the rear open side of said magazine, which is reciprocated by suitable connections with the main shaft 18, supported by parallel bars, as 19 and 20, resting upon the base or bed 13 and projecting rearward therefrom, as shown in Fig. 3.

The shaft 18 may be rotated in any convenient manner. For this purpose I have represented it as carrying a continuouslydriven pulley 21, the pulley being adapted to be intermittently coupled to the shaft 18 through the agency of a clutch, as 22. The shiftable member of the clutch is under the control of the person in charge of the machine, so that the main shaft 18 can be stopped and started, as required.

I have not deemed it necessary to show any means for actuating the clutch 22 to operatively connect the shaft 18 with the pulley 21.

The side The slide 17 consists in the present case of a vertically-reciprocative plate, and it has at a suitable point in its height an opening, as 23, and the tiltable receptacle or cup 24 is shown disposed back of said opening. The cup 24 is pivoted, as at 25, just below the lower wall of the opening 23 and consists in the present instance of an acute angular plate the sides of which are normally closed by offsets or ears, as 26 and 27, extending obliquely downward from the rear of the slide at the opening. The purpose of the offsets is to cover the open sides of the receptacle or cup 24 to prevent the escape of the hooks while the same are being lifted from the magazine 15 to the gang-raceway.

\ thickened portions 37 of the raceways.

One branch of an L-shaped lever, as 28, is secured to the rear wall of the cup or receptacle 24, the other branch thereof cooperating with a fixed stud, shown as a screw 29, extending from the sides of the magazine 15.

When the slide 17 is down, the bottom of the cup or receptacle 24 will rest upon a stop,

as 30, sustained by the offset 27, and at this time the lower edge of the opening 23 will be below the inclined floor or bottom 16 of the magazine 15, the bottom of the cup being at about the same inclination, so that a quantity of hooks can pass from said magazine through the opening 23 and into the cup 24. The slide 17 will then be elevated, and as the lever 28 engages the stud 29 the cup 24 will be tilted to the position shown in Fig. 1, so that its contents can be emptied through the opening 23 upon the gang-raceway, where they can be separately placed or positioned upon individual raceways. When the slide is lowered, the lever 28 will fall away from the stud 29 and the cup 24 can resume by gravity its initial position to receive a second supply of hooks.

The slide 17 is shown as having near the upper side thereof an arm 31, extending rearwardly therefrom, to which the link 32 is pivoted, said link being likewise united at its lower end to the crank-arm 33 upon the main shaft 18. This constitutes a simple mechanism for moving the slide back and forth.

In the machine represented in the accompanying drawings I simultaneously set a plurality of hooks upon a shoe-upper, and in connection with the hook-supplying mechanism I provide means of a suitable nature, one form of which is illustrated,.to position the hooks upon the individual raceways, so that they can gravitate to the setting mechanism. Each of the individual raceways is denoted by 34, the upper ends 34 thereof being somewhat thin or of a width just suflicient to receive the hooks which straddle them, such thin portions of the individual raceways being inclined. These thin portions 34 rest upon an angularly-disposed plate, as 35, fitted between the walls of the magazine 15. Below the thin portions of the raceways the latter are each twisted, as at 36, the purpose of this being to give the hooks a turn before they reach the The hooks are positioned upon the thin portions 34 of the raceway, with the necks thereof up, and as they pass upon the twisted portions 36 the latter gives them a quarter of a turn, so that they may be presented to the thickened portions 37 of the raceways in a vertical position, with the shanks out, as this is the position that the shanks should be presented to the setting mechanism to have their shanks expanded. Each of the thickened portions 37 of the guideways is longitudinally grooved, as at 39, this construction producing an overhanging flange, as 40, which flanges are adapted to be straddled by the hooks.

To prevent the hooks collecting in the spaces between the raceways, I fill said spaces with longitudinal filling-pieces 41.

Guards, as 42, maintain the hooks upon the lower portions of the raceways, and the latten below the plate 15 are supported by crosspieces, as 43 and 44, secu red between the uprights or standards of the framing. The upper ends of the guards 42 are located near the plate 35, and they serve to prevent the hooks falling off the steep twisted portions of the raceways in addition to holding them in place while upon the lower vertical sections of said raceways.

It will be remembered that means are provided for positioning the hooks upon the upper ends of the raceways in order that said hooks maybe conducted in proper manner to the setting mechanism, and for this purpose I have represented a brush comprising a core or body, as 45, having spirally-disposed bristles, as 46, secured to said core, the shaft 47 of the brush being supported by suitable bearings upon the framework and being shown as provided at one end with a pulley 48, connected by a band 49 with a pulley 50 upon the hub of the driver or pulley 21. The brush in the present case is continuously rotative, and it serves to sweep the hooks delivered upon the gang-raceway from the cup or receptacle 24 back and forth in order that they will properly lodge upon the portions 34 of the raceways.

The machine may set any number of hooks simultaneously. I have shown four individual raceways, from which it will be understood that four hooks are to be set at the same time.

In connection with the gang-raceway I provide two feed-controllers, a convenient form of which will now be set forth, these serving to regulate the fall of the hooks in such manner that they may be properly delivered to the setting mechanism. The feed-controllers are denoted by and 56, respectively, and they are shown as consisting of yoke-shaped frames suspended loosely from the pivot 57, supported by bearings, as 58 and 59. These feed-controllers are alternately reciprocated in opposite directions, and their cross-bars 60 and 61 constitute the elfective portions thereof. Normally the lower cross-bar 61 will support the columns of hooks. To free the lowermost four, it will be swung outward and simultaneously the upper cross-bar will be swung inward and under the four hooks that are above those that rested upon said cross-bar 61 to hold back the main supply. When the said cross-bar 61 has reached the limit of its extreme outermost movement, it will release the four hooks sustained upon it, so that they may gravitate down the raceway to the driver, and the upper cross-bar when the under one is at the limit of its outstroke will be at the limit of its instroke, so as to sustain the hooks. When, however, the motions of the two parts are reversed, the crossbar 60 will free a series of four hooks,which can drop onto the cross-bar 61, and subsequently the operation just set forth will be repeated. The cross bars are horizontally disposed one above the other, the distance between the two being slightly more than the diameter of the shanks of the hooks, so that said upper crossbar can easily enter between the shanks of two superposed rows.

The side pieces of the substantially rectangular feed-controllers 55 and 56 receive near their lower left-hand sides (see Fig. 4) depending plates, as and 66, the plate 65 being shaped to fit around the cross-bar 61 of the outer feed-controller. These plates are shown as having diagonal slots, as 65 and 66, to receive the oppositelydisposed pins 67 and 68 upon the extreme forward end of the lever 70, pivoted, as at 71, to the horizontal portion of the bearing 58, which latteris shown as being L-shaped. The lever 70 is shown as occupying its primary position in Fig. 5, and it is moved in one direction by a spring, as 72, secured to the horizontal portion of the bearing 58. The lever is oppositely operated by means of a projection, as 73, rigidly connected with an auxiliary slide, as 74, hereinafter more particularly described.

The framing of the machine carries two slides, the auxiliary one, just mentioned, and

a main one, and the driver, which sustains the series of hooks to be applied to a shoe-upper or like article, is connected with said main slide. The main slide is denoted by 75, and it has tongues, as 76, upon its opposite sides fitting in grooves, as 77, upon the inner sides of the columns or uprights 13 and 14. The main slide has at its rear a lug, as 78, provided with a shaft to enter the hubs at the inner ends of the branches of the yoke 79, the cross-head 81 of which rigidly receives the body 82, having connected to it by screws 85L a driver composed of a plate 83, said plate being removable from the body 82 when the hooks are to be differently spaced in dilferent material. Said driver, in addition to the holes for the screws 84, has at the outside thereof the countersink 85, the bottom of which is slotted, as at 86, to receive the head 87 of a holdingscrew 88 in threaded engagement with the cross-head 81. The body 82, with which the driver 83 is connected, is provided with a series of pockets 120, said pockets being located immediately behind the notches 89 of the driver, said pockets receiving the heads of the lacing-hooks, the necks of which enter the notches and are prevented from axial rotation thereby. The driver in the act of setting a plurality of eyelets must be Well sustained and provision must be made for the reception of the heads of the hooks, and by making a series of pockets, such as described, it becomes possible to leave projections 82 on the body 82 which contact with the rear side of the d river between its notches, so that said driver is better supported than were all the pockets made as one pocket. The driver is provided near the bottoms of the notches 89 with holes 89 which are entered by the points of the anvils or setting devices 121.

To apply the driver, the head 87 of the screw will be brought into registration with and projected through the slot 86, after which said head will be given a partial turn to secure the driver.

The driver 83 has upon its upper side a series of notches, each denoted by 89, the rounded bottoms of which are adapted to sustain the necks of the hooks, it being understood that the open shanks of said hooks extend outward from the driver.

The driver, it will be understood, is detachably connected with the body of the crosshead 81, so that one having its hook-receiving notches 89 separated at different intervals than that illustrated can be substituted therefor, the purpose of this being to change the distance between the hooks longitudinally of a shoe-upper, and of course in such a case as this a different kind of plate 83 will be used instead of that shown.

To adapt the machine to setting the hooks at different distances apart, each of the individual raceways comprises in its construction a shiftable element or switch whereby the relative positions of such parts can be regulated to vary the distance between the lower or delivery ends thereof. I have denoted each shiftable element or switch of the individual raceways by 90, they being pivoted, as at 91, to the cross-piece 44, the pivots being so located as not to interfere with the free gravitation of the hooks when the switches are adjusted.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a simple means for shifting the switches of the raceways, said means including in its construction a plate, as 92, pivoted, as at 93, to the framing, having a series of slots, each denoted by 94:. The slot nearest the pivot 93 is concentric therewith, while the succeeding ones are disposed obliquely relatively to each other. Theplate 92 has a pin 95 extending through the longi tudinal slot 96 in whatis shown as the righthand end of the lever 97, pivoted in some suitable manner(not shown) upon the framework. The slots 94 receive the studs 98, secured to the switch members 90 of the raceway, near the lower ends thereof, said studs extending through segmental slots, as 99, in the cross-piece 100 between the standards 13 and 14. When the right-hand arm of the lever 97 is swung down, the plate 92 will be moved in a corresponding direction, thereby swinging the three right-hand switch members 90 to the right in Fig. 6 and increasing the distance between them. shortest slot is concentric with the axis of movement of the plate 92, the extreme lefthand switch member 90 in Fig. 6 and the ex treme right-hand one in Fig. 4 are not moved upon the manipulation of the lever 97.

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As the first and To hold the switch members 90 in proper position against the cross-pieces of the framing, 1 provide two series of coiled springs, as

101 and 102, respectively, surrounding the pivots 91 and the studs 98 and bearing against washers, as 103 and 104, upon said pivots and studs, respectively, the inner ends of the springs acting against the framework and the plate 92, respectively.

The main slide 75 is in the form of a substantially retangular frame, and it supports between its side bars the auxiliary slide 74, the latter having a movement independent of the main slide and being directly connected with the driving mechanism and serving to actuate the main slide, and consequently the driver carried thereby. A link, as 105, is pivoted to the upper side of the auxiliary slide and is likewise connected to the crank 106 upon the main shaft 18.

The crank 106 is so positioned that when moving from the position shown in Fig. 1 and making one cycle it will first move backward independently of the main slide, so that the lug 73 can actuate the lever in order that it may operate the feed-controllers 55 and 56 to release the lowermost row of hooks, and then move forward to carry the lug from under the lever 70, whereby the spring 72 can operate the same. Continuing, the auxiliary slide will strike against the cross-head 81 and will advance the main slide to carry the driver outward to a position to have the hooks thereon set. The two slides are yieldingly connected to each other, which construction permits the auxiliary one to have a movement relative to the main one, and the yielding connection is shown as a spring which is placed under abnormal compression during the independent rearward movement of the auxiliary slide. This spring is always under compression, so as to hold the auxiliary slide firmly against the main one to insure a proper setting of the hooks when the shanks thereof are expanded, as will hereinafter appear. The main and auxiliary slides are provided with depending bearings 74 and 75, which receive between them the rod 110, encircled by the spring 112, hearing at its ends against the two said bearings. As previously stated, this spring is always under compression, so as to hold the two slides in solid engagement. WVhen the main slide, which carries the driver, is in its normal position, its rear end abuts against a fixed stop, as 113, secured to the inside of'the framing, as shown in Fig. 2. When the auxiliary slide moves forward from its rearmost position, the spring 112, which has been given its maximum amount ofcom pression by the rearward movement of said auxiliary slide, is then somewhat relaxed as the crank 106 turns, and when the crank makes about aquarter-stroke the auxiliary slide will push the main one forward. Upon the return of the auxiliary slide it acts against the spring 112, and the latter in turn against the main slide 75, so that said main slide is returned to its initial position to receive another set of hooks, with the notches 89 in the driver-plate 83in registration with the delivery ends of the feet 115 of the guideway. It will be seen that the lower straight edges of said feet fit against similarly-formed faces upon the upper side of the driver-plate 83.

In setting hooks into any material it is necessary to provide some means for properly positioning each hook with respect to the material into which it is 'set. For instance, if the hooks are to be set along the straight edge of any material in order to be properly operative each hook must have its head in a line at right angles to the edge of the material. The same is true whenever the hooks are set along the curved edge of any material, and if the curve is approximately the arc of a circle the hooks should be set so that their heads will be radially arranged with reference to the arc. In this embodiment of my invention I have shown a device which is particularly adapted for setting lacing-hooks upon the uppers of shoes, and as such lacing-hooks are arranged upon the uppers in a curve the driver has the notches 89 arranged upon such a curve as has been above described. It will be obvious that should each hook drop into the notch 89 vertically and were the hooks set into the material in such position the heads of such books would not have the proper radial arrangement with respect to the arc, and

in order to give them such proper radial ar-- rangement I have constructed the lower ends of the raceways with proper guiding means which operate to deflect the hooks in their descent and turn them on their axes, so that when they arrive at the notches 89 the heads thereof will have the proper angular position.

As illustrated in the drawings, the feet 115 of the raceways are rounded or curved, as at 115, this curved portion operating to change the course of the hooks as they descend byv gravity and turn them on their axes, so that when delivered to the driver each hook has approximately its proper angular position.

As stated above, the notches in the driver are arranged on an are for the purpose of adapting the machine to set lacing-hooks in the uppers of shoes, and as in order to give each hook its proper angular position, which is with its head radially arranged with reference to the are, it is necessary to turn the hooks descending the left-hand raceway in Figs. 8 and 12 through a greater are than the hooks descending the right-hand raceway I have provided the curved portions 115' of such left-hand raceway with a more abrupt curvature, as illustrated in Fig. 8, this greater or more abrupt curvature operating to give the hooks descending on said raceway a greater movement about their axes as they are delivered to the driver.

In Fig. 13 the heads of the hooks are shown, and the dotted lines therethrough indicate the general direction in which said heads point, it being noted that such dotted lines have a radial arrangement with reference to the are on which the hooks are located. On

the left-hand racewayin said figure I have illustrated in dotted lines the head of a hook, this showing the position and direction of the heads of the hooks as they descend the raceways. As the hook descends the left-hand raceway in said Fig. 13 it will upon passing over the curved portion 115 be turned on its axis, so that when it drops into the notch 89 by gravity the head assumes the radial position shown in Fig. 13. With the hook descending the right-hand raceway in Fig. 13 the curved portion 115 thereon will turn the hook as it passes thereover through a much greater angle, so that the hook is delivered from the raceway 90 to the notch 89 with its head approximately in the direction indicated by the dotted line in said Fig. 13. The body 81 of the horizontally-movable driver has a series of recesses 120, also arranged in an are, one recess being adjacent each notch 89, and the walls of the recesses are so positioned that when the hooks descend the raceways 90, they being initially positioned angularly bypassing over the curved portions as abote stated, and drop into the notches 89 their heads pass into the recesses (see Fig. 13) and rest against the walls of the recesses, whereby they are maintained in their correct angular position with their heads radially arranged with reference to the arc. It will thus be seenthat as the hooks descend by gravity they are operated upon by the curved port-ions 115 of the raceways, so as to partially turn each hook, each partial turn being the initial movement of the hooks as they assume their proper angular position with reference tothe edge of the material into which they are to he set, the hooks from the left-hand raceway in Fig. 8 being given a greater turn than those from the righthand raceway on account of the greater curvature of the portion 115 of said left-hand raceway.

It will be noted on reference to Fig. 13 that the heads of the hooks in the two left-hand notches rest against the right-hand walls of the recesses, while the heads of the hooks in the right-hand notches rest against the lefthand walls of the recesses, and in the practical operation of the machine the velocity of the hooks in descending the raceways is sufficient so that as the two righthand hooks in Fig. 13 pass over the curved portions 115 they are turned beyond their normal position, and when they fall into the notches the heads of the said hooks swing back slightly, and thereby contact with the left-hand walls of the recesses, said walls operatingto maintain the hooks in their proper angular position.

In positioning the hooks as stated above the initial movement is given by the curvatures at the feet of the raceways, while the final movement of each hook is given by the walls of the recesses, and such walls serve to .positi\'ely maintain the hooks in their final adjusted position, so that when the driver and anvil cooperate to set the hooks there is no possibility of any one book of the series material its head will be given the proper direction, and this I accomplish bythe peculiar shape of my raceways and the force of gravity only, no separate pusher or other mechanism being required to insure the hooks being delivered to the notches of the driver in their correct position.

' In setting lacing studs or hooks upon the uppers of shoes it is necessary to set the same comparatively close together, and in an ordinary shoe the distance between adjacent lacing-hooks is approximately twice the diameter of the head of each book.

By my particular form of raceways and driver described above I am enabled not only to give each of the books of the series its proper angular position and maintain it in such position during the setting operation, but I can bring the hooks to the driver and in so small a compass that when delivered they can be as close together as is necessary in putting them on shoe-uppers. My driver, therefore, has the hook-receiving seats so positioned that the distance between adjacent seats is approximately twice the diameter of the head of the hook, and by my peculiar form of raceways there is no difficulty in conducting the hooks to the notches of the driver, even though theyare as closely positioned as is required in applying said hooks to the uppers of shoes.

The hollow or tubular shanks of the hooks are expanded to hold them in place upon the shoe-upper by anvils, as 121, projecting inward from a bearing, as 122, secured between the inverted-U-shaped or overhanging projections 123, extending forward from the framing. The anvils consist of substantially cylindrical bodies set in sockets, as 124, in the setting device,(see Fig. 11,) provided with points, as 125, adapted to enter the shanks of the hooks. Stems, as 126, extend rearward from the bodies of the anvils and through the bearing 122, thestems being held inplace by pins, as 127, upon the outer ends of the same. The anvils are mounted to yield under abnormal stress applied thereto, they receiving at their inner ends stiff coiled springs, as 128, bearing against the bottoms of the sockets 124:. Ashoe-upperhavingpreviouslypunched openings therein is placed between the bearing 122 and the driver, with the pointed ends 125 of the anvils 121 extending through said openings, and a series of hooks being on the driver the latter will be moved forward in the manner previously set forth, so that the shanks of the hooks can be entered by the points 125 of the anvils 121.

Continuing the motion the anvils or the inner flat ends thereof will flatten down the shanks in such manner as to firmly secure the hooks to the upper.

To facilitate the removal of the work or.

stock from the machine, I may mount the driver for shifting movement relative to the anvils, though of course this may be reversed.

By lowering the driver relative to the setting device all the hooks sustained thereby can be freed therefrom during such motion, so as the leave practically nothing for the attendant to do except to merely position the upper to receive the gang of hooks.

The swinging frame or yoke 79, which carries the driver, has an arm, as 130, extending rearward therefrom, the arm being engaged by a projection, as 131, upon the lug 78 to hold the cross-head 81, and consequently the driver-body 82, in proper operative positions, as represented in Fig. 1. Theyoke 79 is lowered in the present case to free the series of hooks 83, supported thereby, after the latter have been clenched upon the shoe-upper. The cross-head 81 is pulled down in the presentinstance by aspring, as 135, connected to the slide and also to said cross-head, the latter operation being controlled, however, by a cam. \Vhen the cross-head 81 is pulled down by the spring 135, the plate 83 will be also depressed to carry it clear of the hooks.

The cam controlling the frame 79 is denoted by 136, and its face is engaged by the springcontrolled arm 137, pivoted to the rearward and downward extendingarm 130 of the swinging frame 7.). lhe spring is denoted by 138, and it engages the arm 130 and the pivoted arm 137 to hold the latter yieldingly against the working face of the cam to thereby compensate for wear upon them. The cam has a let-0E notch 139 in its periphery, and its direction of rotation is indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1. When the notch 139 comes opposite the extreme outer end of the pivoted arm 137, the swinging frame 79 will be released,

so that the spring 135 can pull said swinging frame down to release the anvil from the hooks. As soon as the working portion of the cam comes in contact with the arm 137 the swinging frame is returned to its initial position, as shown in Fig. 1, and the spring 135 is thereby extended.

It sometimes happens that it is necessary to throw out the main slide to remove a defective hook or for some other reason. 'For this purpose I have shown an angle-lever 1 10, pivoted upon the inside of the bed 12, and its vertical arm is connected with said slide, and the horizontal arm has a link 141 pivoted thereto. This link is connected to a treadle,

. (not shown,) and upon its depression the main slide 75 can be thrown out for any purpose.

Theinvention is not limited to the construction previously set forth, for this may be materially modified within the scope of the accompanying claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver having a series of three or more hookreceiving seats, the distance between said seats being approximately twice the diameter of the head of the hooks, means to deliver one hook to each hook-receiving seat simultaneously, means cooperating with each hook-receiving seat to maintain the hooks in their proper angular relation during the setting operation, and means to set all of the lacinghooks at one operation.

2. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a single driver having a plurality of hook-receiving seats, the distance between said seats being approximately twice the diameter of the heads of the hooks, means to deliver one hook to each hook-receiving seat simultane- I to set all the hooks at one operation.

3. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver having a plurality of hook-receiving seats, the distance between said seats being approximately twice the diameter of the heads of the hooks, a plurality of raceways for feeding a series of hooks to said driver simultaneously, means cooperating with each hook-receiving seat to maintain the hooks in their proper angular position during the setting operation, and means to set all the hooks of theseries simultaneously.

4:. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver, a plurality of raceways fol-feeding a plurality of hooks to said driver simultaneously, said raceways each having means to angularly position the hook traversing it, and means cooperating with the driver to set all the hooks at one operation.

5. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver, a plurality of raceways for feeding a series of hooks to said driver simultaneously, each raceway having means to initially position the hook angularly with respect to the material into which it is set, as it passes to the driver, and means cooperating with the driver to set all the hooks of the series simultaneously, said driver having means to maintain each hook of the series in its proper angular position during the setting operation.

6. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver, a plurality of raceways for feeding a series of hooks to said driver, simultaneously, each raceway having at its delivery end a curved portion, whereby each hook of the se ries, as it is fed to the driver, is angularly IIO positioned, and means cooperating with the 7. In a machine fhr setting lacing-hooks, a

driver, a plurality of raceways for feeding a series of hooks to said driver simultaneously,

each raceway having at its delivery end a curved portion whereby each hook of the se ries, as it is fed to the driver, is initially positioned angularly with respect to the material into which it is to be set, and means 00- operating with the driver to set all the hooks of the series simultaneously, the said driver having means to maintain each hook of the series in its proper angular position during the setting operation.

8. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver, vertical raceways for simultaneously feeding a series of hooks directly to said driver, said raceways each having means to turn the hook passing thereover on its axis during its descent, and said driver having receiving portions for the hooks whereby, as each hook gravitates to the driver, it is given its proper angular position with respect to the material into which it is to be set, and means cooperating with the driver to simultaneously set the series of hooks.

9. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a setting mechanism, vertical raceways to convey a series of hooks simultaneously to the setting mechanism, said raceways having means to angularly position each hook of the series, said setting mechanism including a driver adapted to receive the series of hooks from the raceways and support them with their shanks in a horizontal position, means to reciprocate said driver horizontally and an anvil cooperating with said driver.

10. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver havingaplurality of notches to receive and position a series of hooks, means to feed a series of hooks to said driver simultaneously, a plurality of setting devices or anvils and means to change the relative positions of said driver and anvils to set the series of hooks in the material at one operation.

11. In a machine for settinglacing-hooks, a driver composed of a plate having a plurality of notches to receive and position a series of hooks, a plurality of raceways to guide a plurality of series of hooks, means to insure the delivery of a plurality of hooks from said raceways into the notches of the driver with each hook at approximately its proper angular position, and means to maintain each hook properly positioned during the setting operation, setting means or anvils, and means to change the relative position of said driver and setting means oranvils to set a plurality of hooks at one operation.

12. In a machine forsetting lacing-hooks, a series of vertically-located raceways presenting at their lower ends feet having concaved edges combined with a driver composed of a notched plate, the side walls of the notches of the plate being located between adjacent raceways whereby a plurality of lacing-hooks, delivered from the ends of the raceways, are turned with their necks uppermost and the necks delivered into the notches of the driver. 13. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a

driver composed of a plate having a plurality of notches to receive and maintain in proper angular position a plurality of lacing-hooks, a plurality of raceways to supply the notches of said driver with a plurality of hooks, set.

ting means coacting with the shanks of the hooks to expand the same, and means for withdrawing the notches of the driver from the necks of the hooks after they have been set.

15. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver-plate having a plurality of notches to receive and support a plurality of hooks, a plurality of raceways to supply a plurality of hooks directly to the notches of said driver, a series of anvils, means sustaining said anvils, and means to reciprocate said driver, moving it from the position at the ends of the raceways where it receives lacing-hooks to the position to cooperate with the anvils.

16. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a device carryinga plurality of anvils, a slide, means to -move the slide back and forth, a

swinging member carried by the slide and provided with a driver having notches to receive the necks of a series of hooks, and means for supplying said notches With hooks simultaneousiy.

17. In a machine for setting agang of three or more lacing-hooks simultaneously, a device having a plurality of anvils, a driver having a series of three or more notches arranged on a curve, said notches receiving and sustaining a series of hooks, and means for supplying all of said notches simultaneously with hooks, and means for setting said hooks in the material.

18. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driverpresenting a plurality of notches arranged in the arc of a circle, a plurality of raceways having curved feet adjacent thev notches of the driver whereby hooks descending the raceways, on arriving at the delivery ends thereof, are turned so that the necks of the hooks enter the notches of the driver, and the heads of the hooks are given a radial position with reference to the are.

19. In a machine of the class described, a driver and a bearing having a plurality of anvils, one of said parts being movable toward and from the other and the driver consisting of a body and a plate detachably connected thereto,the plate having a plurality of notches to receive hooks and the body being recessed, and the walls of the recesses serving to posiright direction, two movable feed-controllers each having a bar to sustain the hooks, and means to operate said feed-controllers in opposite directions to release simultaneously a series of hooks.

21. In a machine of the class described,

-means to simultaneously set a plurality of hooks, raceways along which the hooks may travel to the delivery ends thereof, said delivery ends of the raceway having means to approximately position the hooks angularly, two feed-controllers made as bars and adapted each to support and control a series of hooks on said raceways, one bar being located above the other and both of them extending entirely across the raceways, and means to effect the release of the endmost hooks of the raceways simultaneously.

22. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver composed of a plate having a plurality of notches to receive and position a series of hooks, the distance between said notches being approximately twice the diameter of the heads of the hooks, means to feed a series of hooks to said driver simultaneously, a plurality of set-ting devices or anvils, and means to change the relative positions of said driver and an vils to set the series of hooks in the material at one operation.

23. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver composed of a plate having a plurality of notches to receive and maintain in proper angular position a series of lacingplurality of slides having bearings, a rod conhooks, the distance between said notches being approximately twice the diameter of the heads of the hooks, a plurality of raceways to supply the notches of said driver with a plurality of hooks, setting, means coacting with the shanks of the hooks to expand the same,

and means for withdrawing the notches of the driver from the necks of the hooks after they have been set.

24. In a machine of the class described, hook-setting means, a gravitative raceway, a plurality of oscillatory feed-oontrollers having oblique slots, a lever provided with projections fitting in the respective slots, and means to operate the lever.

25. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of slides, a driver carried by one of the slides, and provided with notches which may be entered by the necks of a series of hooks, means to supply simultaneously a series of hooks to the driver, a plurality of feedcontrollers adapted to control the supply of hooks, means controlled by one of the slides to actuate said feed-controllers, and a bearing havinga plurality of anvils to cooperate with the driver.

26. In a machine of the class described, a slide provided with a driver and an arm, an anvil to cooperate with said driver, means for reciprocating the slide, a shaft provided with a cam having a let-olf notch and bearing normally against said arm and means to operate said arm when it is opposite said let-oh? notch.

27. In a machine of the class described, a slide provided with a driver having a plurality of notches to be entered by the necks of a plurality of hooks, means whereby the hooks may gravitate to said driver, a series of anvils cooperating with the drivers, means for sustaining said anvils firmly in operative position, a power-shaft, connections between said shaft and said slide for positively reciprocating said driver and means independent of the shaft and said connections to actuate the slide.

28. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of slides one supported by the other, a yieldable connectionbetween said slides, a driver connected with one of the slides, having means to be straddled bya series of hooks, power-operated means connected with the other slide for positively actuating the same and through it the slide connected with the driver, a plurality of anvils cooperating with the driver, and means to supply to said driver simultaneously a plurality of hooks.

29. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of slides having bearings, a bar connecting the bearings, a spring surrounding the bar and bearing against said bearings, a driver connected with the main slide, means to cooperate with said driver to set a hook, a power-shaft having a crank, and a rod connected respectively with the auxiliary slide and the crank-arm.

30. In a machine of the class described, a

meeting the bearings, a spring surrounding the rod, and bearing against said bearings, a driver, means to cooperate with said driver to set a hook, a power-shaft having a crank, a rod connected respectively with the auxiliary slide and crank, a gang-raceway, and means for controlling the feed of the hooks, said means being governed by the auxiliary slide.

31. In a machine of the class described, a magazine, a raceway, hook-setting means, a

movable device provided with a cup-shaped.

receptacle shiftably supported thereby, means for operating said movable device to carry it into position to have the receptacle thereon receive a supply of hooks, and to discharge the same upon the raceway, and means to operate the receptacle independently of said movable supporting device.

32. In a machine of the class described, a raceway, hook-setting means, a magazine to contain a supply of hooks, a slide, a cupshaped receptacle carried by said slide to receive hooks from the magazine, means to shift the receptacle relative to the slide, and means for operating the slide to bring the receptacle into position to receive a supply of hooks and to afterward discharge the same upon the raceway.

33. In a machine of the class described, a raceway, hook-setting means, a magazine to contain a supply of hooks, a slide closing the magazine and having an opening, offsets upon the slide, means for reciprocating said slide, an open-sided receptacle, said open sides being closed by the offsets and said receptacle being pivoted adjacent to said opening, a lever secured to said receptacle, and a fixed stop disposed in the path of said lever.

34. In a machine of the class described, a driver constructed to be straddled by a plurality of hooks with their open shanks out, means to move said driver horizontally, a plurality of anvils corresponding in n umber with the hooks, the ends of the auvils beingpointed to enter the open shanks, means for supplying to the driver simultaneously a plurality of hooks, said means including vertical raceways whereby the hooks can gravitate directly to the driver.

35. In a machine of the class described, a driver having a plurality of hook-receiving seats arranged in an arc, and means cooperating with each hook-receiving seat to sustain the hook thereon with its head radially ar ranged with reference to the are.

36. In a machine of the class described, a driver having a plurality of hook-receiving seats arranged in an are, a series of recesses, one recess adjacent each hook-receiving seat, said recesses adapted to receive the heads of the hooks when said hooks are supported on their seats, the walls of the recesses operating to maintain the heads of the hooks in a radial direction with reference to the are.

37. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver consisting of a body and a detachable plate, the plate having a series of notches arranged in an arc and the body having a series of recesses arranged on a corresponding arc, the walls of said recesses receiving the heads of the hooks and maintaining them in a radial direction with reference to the arc.

38. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver having a plurality of hook-receiving seats arranged in an arc, means to deliver a hook to each hook-receiving seat simultaneously, said delivery means being constructed to deliver each hook with its head approximately radially arranged with reference to the arc, a series of recesses in the driver, one recess cooperating with each seat to sustain each hook when delivered in such radial position, and means to set the series of hooks simultaneously.

39. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver consisting of a body and a detachable plate, the plate havinga series of notches arranged in an arc and the body having a corresponding series of recesses arranged in a corresponding are, means to deliver a hook to each notch simultaneously, said delivery means being constructed to deliver each book with its head approximately radially arranged with reference to the arc, the walls of said recesses receiving the heads of the hooks, and maintaining them in such radial position, and means to set the hooks simultaneously.

40. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a d river having a plurality of hook-receiving seats arranged in an are, means to deliver a hook to each hook-receiving seat simultaneously, said delivery means being constructed to deliver each hook with its head approximately radially arranged with reference to the are, a series of recesses, one recess adjacent each hook-receiving seat, said recesses being adapted to receive the heads of the hooks as they are delivered to the hook-receiving seats, the walls of the recesses operating to maintain the heads in such radial position and means to set the hooks simulta neously.

41. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver having a plurality of hook-receiving seats arranged on an arc, means to deliver a hook to each hook-receiving seat simultaneously, with the heads of the hooks radiating outwardly from the arc, means to maintain the hooks in such radial position during the setting operation, and means cooperating with the driver to set all the hooks at one operation.

42. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks,

a driver having a series of hook-receiving seats arranged on an are, means to feed a hook to each seat simultaneously, said feeding means being arranged to deliver the hooks with their heads radiating outwardly from the arc, said driver having a series of abutments, one adjacent each hook-receiving seat, and against which the heads of the hooks abut when they are supported on their seats, to thereby maintain each book with its head in the proper radial position during the setting operation, and means cooperating with the driver to set all the hooks at one operation.

43. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver having a plurality of hook-receiving seats, arranged on an arc, means to deliver a hook to each hook-receiving seat simultaneously with the heads of the hooks extend ing in divergentdirections, said driver having a series of recesses, one recess adjacent each hook-receiving seat, said recesses adapted to receive the heads of the hooks supported on said seats, and having each a Wall against which one side of the heads of the hooks abut, thereby maintaining said heads in their proper radial position during the setting operation, and means to set the hooks all at one operation.

44. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver having a plurality of hook-receiving seats arranged on an are, means to deliver a hook to each hook-receiving seat simultaneously, with the heads of the hooks on divergent radial lines with reference to the are, means to maintain said hooks in such radial position during the setting operation, anvils cooperating with the driver to set all the hooks at one operation, and means for releasing the hooks from the driver after the setting operation.

45. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver having a plurality of hook-receiving seats arranged on an are, means to deliver a hook to each hook-receiving seat simultaneously, with the heads of the hooks on divergent radial lines with reference to the are, said driver having a series of recesses, adapted to receive the heads of the hooks, one wall of each recess'furnishing a support for the head of the hook therein, to thereby maintain the head of each hook in its proper radial position, and the said recesses being larger than the heads of the hooks whereby the said heads can be withdrawn from the recesses after the hooks have been set, and means cooperating with the driver to set all the hooks at one operation.

46. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver having a plurality of hook-receiving seats, the distance between said seats being approximately twice the diameter of the heads of the hooks, means to deliver one hook to each hook-receiving seat simultaneously and with the heads of the hooks disposed in approximately the same direction, means cooperating with each hook-receiving seat to maintain the hooks in their proper position during the setting operation, and means to set all the hooks at one operation.

47. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver having a plurality of hookreceiving seats, the distance between adjacent seats being approximately twice the diameter of the heads of the hooks, a plurality of raceways to feed a plurality of hooks to said driver simultaneously and with the heads of the hooks disposed in approximately the same direction, means cooperating with each hookreceiving seat to maintain the hooks in their proper position during the setting operation, and means to set all the hooks simultaneously.

48. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks,

a driver having a series of hook-receiving seats, the distance between adjacent seats being approximately twice the diameter of the heads of the hooks, a plurality of raceways for feeding a series of hooks to said driver simultaneously with the heads of the hooks disposed in approximately the same direction, each raceway having atits delivery end a curved portion whereby each hook of the series, as it is fed to the driver,- is angularly positioned, and means cooperating with the driver to set all the hooks of a series at one operation.

49. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver having a series of hook-receiving seats, the distance between adjacent seats.

being approximately twice the diameter of the heads of the hooks, a plurality of raceways for feeding a plurality of hooks to said driver simultaneously with the heads of the hooks disposed in the same general direction, each raceway having at its delivery end a curved portion whereby each hook of a series, as it is fed to the driver, is initially positioned angularly with respect to the material into which it is to be set, and means cooperating with the driver to set all of the hooks simultaneously, the driver having means to maintain each hook of the series in its proper angular position during the setting operation.

50. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, a driver having a series of hook-receiving seats, the distance between adjacent seats being approximately twice the diameter of the heads of the books, a plurality of vertical raceways for simultaneously feeding a series of hooks directly to the driver, with the heads of the hooks disposed in approximately the same direction, said raceways each having means to turn the hook passing thereover on its axis during its descent, and said driver having means to maintain said hook in its proper angular position with respect to the material into which it is to be set, and means cooperating with thedriver to simultaneously set the series of hooks.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LAWRENCE A. MCGRATH.

Witnesses:

HEATH SUTHERLAND, EMMA J. BENNETT. 

